Neal Campbell
Neal Campbell is a writer and artist with a Master’s Degree in Psychology, which may or may not explain why he is a writer and artist. In 2005, he launched and produced GeekBrief.TV, one of the first and most successful video podcasts. Neal writes about technology, pop culture, science, TV, the Internet, and sometimes bacon. He lives on the Internet, and loves his Chihuahua, Zoe, who hasn’t left his lap in eight years. You can follow Neal on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.BitPay is a processing system for Bitcoin and with $2 million in new investment, the intention is to provide a Bitcoin focused alternative to PayPal. If you still haven’t worked out what Bitcoin is all about, see my “Bitcoin Explained” piece here on The Inquisitr. Initially BitPay plained to bootstrap its growth, but when the… Continue reading BitPay Is PayPal For Bitcoin
Creating stunning HDR photos tends to require expensive professional cameras and a lot of production time. Creating time lapse HDR video has been even more complicated and expensive, but a company called Brinno wants to change that with their new TLC200 Pro camera. It is specifically designed for shooting and producing time lapse HDR video.… Continue reading Brinno TLC200 Pro Camera Simplifies Time Lapse HDR Video Production
All Things D is reporting the Yahoo! board of directors will meet Sunday to vote on an all-cash purchase of Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Tumblr is popular with younger audiences and Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer wants to attract that audience into the Yahoo! tent since younger audiences are valued by advertisers. Comscore estimates that Tumblr… Continue reading Yahoo! In Talks To Buy Tumblr For $1.1 Billion Cash
Pilots in the U.S. Air Force are switching from 20 to 40-pound bags of paper manuals and charts to Apple iPads, and the Air Force says the switch will save them $5.7 million each year. The big bags of printed paper include flight manuals, weather, maps, and navigation charts, and big books filled with technical… Continue reading Apple iPad Will Save The US Air Force $5.7 Million Per Year
Witches theses days may have it easier than when they were burned at the stake, but, in Swaziland, if a witch flies a broomstick higher than 150 meters (492 feet) in the air, she is subject to arrest and a fine of R500 000 (about $55,000 USD). Civil Aviation Authority marketing and corporate affairs director… Continue reading It’s Illegal For Witches To Fly Broomsticks Above 150 Meters In Swaziland
Disney owned ABC has always been more forward thinking with its mobile apps, and soon an ABC app for iPhone and iPad will have a “live” button that will deliver live streaming of it’s broadcast affiliates to users in New York and Philadelphia. It’s clear that startup Aereo is a good idea because it has… Continue reading ABC Introduces Local Live Streaming App
The New Zealand government has refreshed it’s Patents Bill to affirm that software is not patentable in New Zealand. The new bill is an update that replaces the country’s Patents Act of 1953. The Commerce Select Committee has been working out the details of its Supplementary Order Paper for years. The order lays out the… Continue reading New Zealand Decides Software Is Not Patentable
Professional nerd, Chris Hardwick is getting a new late night talk show on Comedy Central that will follow The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. The new show will launch in the fall, but doesn’t yet have a name. It will be co-produced by Will Ferrell’s Funny Or Die. According to Deadline, Hardwick’s late show… Continue reading Chris Hardwick Gets Late-Nite Comedy Central Gig
Yahoo! is getting very serious about TV. Last week the company announced that it acquired the exclusive rights to stream back episodes of Saturday Night Live and today they announced the launch of six original TV shows that will be available on the Yahoo! website. “In the last year, we have more than doubled the… Continue reading Yahoo! Announces Six Original TV Shows
Naki’o is the first dog to receive four prosthetic legs. The poor little guy was found abandoned in the celler of a foreclosed home as a puppy. His feet were frozen in a puddle of water, and his mother was dead. Naki’o was rescued along with his litter mates and taken to a shelter. Because… Continue reading Dog Walks Again After Getting Four Prosthetic Legs
Jennifer Aniston is engaged to Justin Theroux, but there won’t be prenup to protect all that money she made from Friends and all those movies. Justin has worked most of his life as an actor, but he hasn’t done anything to bring him anything near the financial rewards that Jennifer earns from being on one… Continue reading No Prenup For Jennifer Aniston
The Helix is a new, pocket-sized battery that powers two phones and a tablet at the same time. It’s perfect for traveling with multiple gadgets that all need more power than the internal batteries can give you. Made by Lenmar Enterprises, The Helix offers 11,000mAh of battery power distributed through three USB ports. Two of… Continue reading Portable Battery Powers Two Phones And A Tablet At The Same Time
Binoculars that shoot HD video aren’t new, but Sony’s new DEV-50V binoculars are smaller, smarter, and they shoot better HD video than previous options. Sony’s new binoculars have auto focus and image stabilization even if you’re not recording what you see. When you want to save a moment the DEV-50V records full AVCHD 2.0 video… Continue reading Sony Introduces HD Video Recording Binoculars
Sony just announced a new Cyber-Shot digital camera that they’re describing as the world’s “smallest and lightest camera with 30X optical zoom.” The Cyber-shot HX50V camera has a 20.4 megapixel CMOS image sensor, and it’s body is only 4.4″ x 2.6″ x 1.2″. If you’re a parent wanting to get up close photos of your… Continue reading Sony Announces Cyber-Shot HX50V With 30X Optical Zoom
Tonight at the The Paley Center for Media in New York City, Brian Williams will interview the cast of Mad Men. Tickets are sold out, but the event will be streamed live on the Paley Center website and on the Paley Center app. Mad Men cast members who will be on stage answering question include… Continue reading Brian Williams Interviews Cast Of ‘Mad Men’ At The Paley Center
PanaCast is a revolutionary new HD video camera system that delivers immersive, real-time 200° panoramic video experience with up to 60 FPS (Frames Per Second) and HD audio to anyone, anywhere, with an Internet connection. The system consists of three parts: an innovative camera, the PanaCast Cloud, and PanaCast Clients. The PanaCast camera is an… Continue reading Revolutionary Panoramic HD Camera For Video Conferencing
The BeagleBone Black 1-GHz Linux Computer is only $45, about the size of a credit card and has the power to change the world. It’s an open hardware and software development platform created by BeagleBoard.org, an open-source development community run by volunteers. The organization was launched in 2008 by a group of engineers who wanted… Continue reading $45 1-GHz BeagleBone Black Linux Computer
Last September, Wester Digital announced the world’s first 5mm, 2.5-inch hard drive, and today WD announced it is available for sale. The world’s thinnest hard drive is called WD Blue, and it’s exciting because it means we’ll be getting thinner laptops in the future. 5mm is about the thickness of a wooden cooking skewer. It’s… Continue reading World’s Thinnest Hard Drive Goes On Sale
Steve Jobs famously wanted Apple to build an iCar, but he died before he was able to oversee that dream. Volkswagen collaborated with Apple on the most thought out iPhone integration in a car so far. They’re calling it iBeetle and it was just announced at the Shanghai Auto Show. iBeetle will be available as… Continue reading Apple And Volkswagen Unveil iBeetle
Although we tech types stopped using Yahoo! years ago, it’s still one of the most popular content sites on the Internet with over 700 million users per month. One of the shifts at Yahoo! since the company hired Marisa Mayer to take over as CEO is a increased focus on mobile. Today Yahoo! released a… Continue reading New Yahoo! iOS App Brings Summly Back
Sometimes in technology and engineering research, it’s not immediately obvious to outside observers where researchers are going with an idea. Dhairya Dand and Rob Hemsley are MIT Media Lab researchers working on an idea they call Obake (o-baa-keh). It’s a 2.5D elastic display screen that lets users tug and probe to interact with graphics. The… Continue reading Obake Multi-touch 2.5D Elastic Screen
The Nomad Cable is a three-inch short Lighting cable for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. The super short charging cable is designed to be kept on a key chain so you’re never with a cable when you need one. It’s as simple as gadgets get, but it’s the kind of thing that everyone with an… Continue reading Lightning Key Chain Charging Cable For Apple iPhone And iPad
YouTube has been fighting lawsuits almost since in launched in 2005. This is the second time Viacom has sued YouTube for copyright infringement and lost in court. Last April, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals set the case back in motion after a previous YouTube win in district court. The Appeals Court was concerned that… Continue reading Viacom Loses Another Lawsuit Against YouTube
Remember the first time you saw an image in school of a photo taken by a scanning electron microscope? I think for me it was a single grain of salt, and it looked like a 3D cube. It very well might have been the first time in school that I started to think science was… Continue reading Electron Nano Suit Technology May Make Space Suits As Thin As A Human Hair
Dick Van Dyke had to cancel an appearance at a YMCA ceremony in New York City. He was supposed to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award for “Bettering Humanity through Comedy” next week but cancelled because of a “yet-to-be diagnosed neurological disorder.” Van Dyke took to Twitter to crowdsource a diagnosis. He tweeted, “My head bangs… Continue reading Dick Van Dyke Has A Neurological Disorder
Whoever knows how much of what a comedian says is true or exaggerated. Russel Brand told Conan O’Brian Tuesday night that Scientology rejected him. Conan asked the British funny man about working with Tom Cruise in the movie Rock of Ages. Brand joked, “He is a glorious man, and he is very kind and sweet.… Continue reading Scientology Rejects Comedian Russell Brand
In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Dumbledore said, “One can never have enough socks. Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair.” What Dumbledore thinks about socks, I think about USB ports. A big part of being a geek is the accumulation of many, many gadgets requiring USB Power.… Continue reading Satechi 10-Port USB 3.0 Hub
Don’t get too excited. So far this robot snake for cleaning water is just a concept based on what may be scientifically feasible in the next few years. The Bio-Cleaner 2 robosnake was the brainchild of designers Hsiang-Han Hsu, Tzu-I Wen, Jhih-Jie Wang and Yih-Wenn Luo from Fortune Institute of Technology. The idea is to… Continue reading Robot Snake Cleans Water
A Japanese startup is developing an alternative to Google Glass call Telepathy One. Like Google Glass, Telepathy One is a wearable computing device with a small display that delivers information to a single eye and a camera that takes photos and video. There are some significant differences in the design though. Telepathy One takes more… Continue reading Telepathy One Is First Google Glass Alternative
Each year more people move from just having a TV to having more of a home theater set up. Some keep it simple, while others go all out to create a video and sound experience that’s better than going to the cinema. Anyone wanting to build a system with the best 7.2 surround sound experience… Continue reading Yamaha Unveils 2013 AVENTAGE Network AV Receivers With iPhone Control
Once something only nerds knew about, Bitcoin is getting more exposure outside the technology realm. Duncan Elms and Marc Fennell produced an excellent video that explains Bitcoin better than anything I’ve seen so far. You can watch at the bottom of this article. Bitcoin (BTC) is an online digital currency created by a developer or… Continue reading Bitcoin Explained [Video]
Let technology do whatever it can, I say. If a company can build a full-size formula one racingf car simulator that costs almost as much as a real formula one car, do it. FMCG International has done exactly that. FMCG developed a racing simulator that looks exactly like an actual formula one race car. It… Continue reading UK Costco Selling Full Size Formula One Race Car Simulator
Science nerds want us to go to mars. Non-nerds with less hope and vision see working to go to Mars as a waste of money and focus, but doubting the dreams of nerds tends to put a person on the wrong side of history. Researchers at the University of Washington are developing components of a… Continue reading Nuclear Fusion Rockets Headed For Mars
Leap Motion is one of the most exciting technologies coming to consumers since Apple brought most of us our first experience with Multitouch. If you haven’t seen it in action yet, it’s like multitouch without all that messy touching that causes us to constantly have to clean our screens. The Leap controller senses the precise… Continue reading Leap Motion Gesture Control To Be Integrated With Future Asus PCs
It’s probably the cheesiest holiday, but what’s more celebration-worthy than cheese? April 12th is National Grilled Cheese Day! At its most classic, a grilled cheese sandwich is cheese melted between bread toasted in butter. It’s a go-to solution for parents trying to feed a picky eater, and it’s comfort food for adults in need of… Continue reading April 12 Is National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
The PARO Therapeutic Robot was named the “World’s Most Therapeutic Robot” by the Guinness World Records organization, and it’s being featured during National Robotics Week at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. PARO looks, feels and sounds like a baby harp seal. If you pet it, it coos. If you hug too tight,… Continue reading PARO Therapeutic Robot Helps Elderly Dementia Patients [Video]
GALAXY Mega is a new oversized phone from Samsung with a screen only slightly smaller than the iPad Mini. The 6.3-inch HD LCD screen is optimized for Web browsing, video, and Social Networking Service. In widescreen mode, it makes space for a split screen multitasking experience where a user can work with email, files, and… Continue reading Samsung Introduces the GALAXY Mega Smartphone
Vuzix AR eyewear gear is used by researchers who are working on the future of contextual, wearable computing. Google Glass is geeky in hopes of being accepted as cool. The new Vuzix STAR 1200 XLD augmented reality glasses skip geeky and goes straight to nerdy, but that’s a good thing. You’re more likely to see… Continue reading Vuzix STAR 1200XLD Augmented Reality Glasses
Rob Honeycutt had an idea to make better Bluetooth earbuds. He launched the idea for his Elroy wearable Bluetooth earbuds on Kickstarter. Honeycutt reached his $30,000 funding goal in only eight hours and two weeks later surpassed his first stretch goal of $100,000. “Now that we have our basic funding in the bag,” Honeycutt said.… Continue reading Elroy Wearable Bluetooth Earbuds
When iPod engineer Tony Fadell announced Nest, every other company that makes thermostats must have gotten at least a little scared. It took awhile but one of the largest thermostat makers Honeywell just announced it’s own smart thermostat with Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat has a touch screen display and can be controlled via smartphone… Continue reading Honeywell Introduces Smart Thermostat With Wi-Fi
Today at NAB in Las Vegas Sony unveiled the world’s first 4K Media Player and a video distribution service. With a name only Sony could love, the FMP-X1 will be available this summer bundled with 10 feature films and video shorts in true 4K resolution for $699. In the fall of 2013, users of the… Continue reading Sony Announces World’s First 4K Media Player
Both Fox and CBS have threatened to make their networks only available through cable and satellite. Broadcasting over the air is an expensive and, in some ways, antiquated business. It’s also very profitable though, and people who run broadcast networks aren’t willing to simply let go of old business models. Chet Kanojia started a company… Continue reading FOX and CBS Threaten to Stop Broadcasting Over The Air
Today at NAB Blackmagic announced its $995 Pocket Cinema Camera with an MFT mount for interchangeable lenses. It looks a lot like any pocket camera, but it’s much more exciting than a point and shoot from the local electronics store. You can use this camera to make a real movie that looks like it’s shot… Continue reading Blackmagic Introduces Pocket-Sized Cinema Camera
Today BoxWave announced its new iPhone 5 Keyboard Buddy Case. Built into the case is a slide out QWERTY keyboard with physical keys that connects to iPhone 5 wirelessly via Bluetooth. “There are quite a few smartphone users who prefer and find it more advantageous to type on physical keys,” said Wing Onn Lum, CEO… Continue reading BoxWave Slide-Out Physical Keyboard Comes To iPhone 5
Omarosa who became famous (or is it infamous?) as the villan on the first season of Donald Trump’s The Apprentice became an ordained baptist minister last year. The reality TV star was featured on an episode of Oprah’s Where Are They Now on the Oprah Winfrey Network where she talked about her life after The… Continue reading ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Omarosa Is An Ordained Baptist Minister!
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam told reporters today that his company will be watching the response T-Mobile gets from its “Un-carrier” initiative. If T-Mobile gets a strong response, Verizon will change its business model fast. “I’m happy when I see something different tried,” McAdam told CNET. “We can react quickly to consumers’ shifting needs.” John Legere,… Continue reading Verizon Ready To Follow T-Mobile’s Lead And Drop Contracts
There isn’t much in life that seems the same kind of joyful as when sister duo Lennon and Maisy sing a song together. They sing with that kind of perfect sister harmony that is somehow tighter than harmonies sung by non-siblings. Lennon and Maisy Stella play Maddie and Daphne Conrad on the ABC show, Nashville… Continue reading Lennon And Maisy Cover ‘Ho Hey’ On ‘Nashville’ [Video]